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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Filing: Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer for “brazen election interference” and fraud over the final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa — The Des Moines Register published pollster Ann Selzer's final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa by 3 points, despite Trump's eventual 13-point victory
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Axios:
Sources: NYT's Cliff Levy and Meta's Anne Kornblut withdrew from consideration to become The Washington Post's executive editor after hearing its strategy — - One person involved in the search told us Lewis' pitch was foggy and uninspiring. … Other candidates include current interim executive editor Matt Murray.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Memo: LAT opinion staff express concern over Soon-Shiong's new policy forcing editorials critical of Trump to be presented side-by-side with an opposing view — Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.
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Julian Fowler / BBC:
A UK court finds the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan Police unlawfully spied on two Belfast journalists to identify their sources — The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Metropolitan Police acted illegally by spying on two Belfast journalists' to identify their sources.
Melissa Clarke / ABC:
Australia's ABC names former Nine CEO Hugh Marks as managing director, starting March 10, 2025; Marks oversaw the AU$4B merger of Nine and Fairfax Media in 2018 — In short: — The ABC's next managing director will be former Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
CAA partners with YouTube to help CAA clients identify and remove AI-generated content that features their likeness, with a wider rollout planned in early 2025 — In what's being touted as the first partnership of its kind, CAA is collaborating with YouTube on a program promising to let actors …
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The Wrap, Sports Business Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, YouTube Official Blog and @xpangler
On Substack:
Substack partners with The Free Press to build an enterprise offering, including custom branding and large editorial teams support, with a private beta in 2025 — Partnering with The Free Press to better support media organizations — The Free Press, a media organization founded …
Axios:
Sources: Refinery29 laid off staff, and its CEO Cory Haik has left, as it closes in on eight months under new ownership; Sundial has not named an interim CEO — Sundial Media Group has not named an interim CEO. — The former Vice Media executive was named CEO when Sundial Media Group agreed …
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@rinaindc, @mediaevan.bsky.social, Kerry Flynn on LinkedIn, @seangriffey and @annamerlan.bsky.social
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Israeli forces killed 4+ Palestinian journalists in Gaza in the past week, and Israel is responsible for 66% of the 95+ journalists killed globally in 2024 — The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly denounces the killings of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza during the past week …
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Press Gazette, The Times of Israel, Mondoweiss and Al Jazeera
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
ABC News will never live down its capitulation after paying $15M to help establish Trump's library and $1M in legal fees, and it should have used 1A protections — ABC News not only settled a defamation suit with Trump. It paid out $15 million. What?
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Both the founder and COO of UK's Pink News accuse the BBC of publishing malicious accusations, after BBC aired a doc making allegations about their behavior — The founder and chief operating officer of Pink News have accused the BBC of publishing misleading and malicious allegations that have caused them “serious harm”.
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PinkNews, BBC, Outspoken, @michaelbaggs and @bindelj
Financial Times:
The UK opens a consultation on AI and copyright, and aims to offer an “opt out” copyright exception, force companies to open models to scrutiny, and more — Consultation could see easier access to copyrighted works but require tech groups to be clearer on what they have used
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The Boston Globe:
The Everett Leader Herald, a weekly newspaper publishing for 139 years, will shut down and pay $1.1M to settle a defamation lawsuit with Everett Mayor — The Everett Leader Herald will shut down after 139 years as part of the settlement — Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria will receive $1.1 million …
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